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US 2010/0134610 A1Published application
Personal Identification system
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsMiyuki Kono, Shin-ichiro Umemura, Takafumi Miyatake, Kunio Harada, Yoshitoshi Ito, Hironori Ueki
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Abstract
A personal identification system, which uses a vein pattern of a finger, optimizes the amount of light of a light source based on a captured finger image and emphasizes the vein pattern during image processing for identification.
Claims6
A personal identification system comprising:
- a positioning member for placing one side surface of a finger in order to position the finger,
- a light source for shining the finger at a backside of hand, and
- a camera provided at a palm side of hand for capturing light passing through the finger from the light source to a surface of the finger at the palm side
A personal identification system comprising:
- a positioning member for placing one side surface of a finger in order to position the finger,
- a light source for shining the finger at a backside of hand, and
- a camera provided at a palm side of hand for capturing light shining the finger
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.